Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Going toward the east.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective moving toward the east.
- adjective designated for traffic moving toward the east; -- of lanes in roads or railroads, or other traffic lanes.
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- adjective
Moving orheading towards theeast . - adverb
Toward the east.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective moving toward the east
Etymologies
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Examples
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Otherwise, the slowdowns in the usual spots, such as eastbound through Kanata and westbound at the splut, are volume related.
Ottawa Sun 2009
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From 94 "eastbound" (really, southbound) into Minneapolis, take Lyndale.
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Two parked cars were crumpled and, on the 10 freeway, all traffic had stopped because debris was strewn across the eastbound lanes.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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But when I thought of it then, a memory bloomed from when I was nine: I was back in Cleveland in the spring of 1968 and my mother and I were boarding the eastbound Rapid Transit, heading to University Circle and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Sheriff's officials tell KTLA, that shots were exchanged about 2:30 p.m. on the eastbound 60 Freeway near the Peck Road offramp.
Road Rage: Gunfight On An El Monte Freeway ktla.com 2011
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That sent her eastbound up a slight rise to Thirty-fourth Street Bridge by the zoo, where she could hang a quick left and cross the bridge, a good escape route beneath a canopy of trees once on the other side.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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Going eastbound (from NE 60th) I would have a one-in-three chance of catching the new green line - otherwise would have to change trains to get to Lents.
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That sent her eastbound up a slight rise to Thirty-fourth Street Bridge by the zoo, where she could hang a quick left and cross the bridge, a good escape route beneath a canopy of trees once on the other side.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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I was on a Trailways bus eastbound approaching Burns when the news hit the little transistor radios - even the cowboys in Resistols & Shitkickers were glad to see him go.
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Traffic backs up for miles on Northern New Jersey highways that lead to the Lincoln Tunnel's eastbound entrance.
Bus Terminal Hits Its Limits Andrew Grossman 2011
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